How to Install and Uninstall php8.1 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 19,2024

You can also install and uninstall the php8.1 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "php8.1" package

This guide let you learn how to install php8.1 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "php8.1" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall php8.1 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the php8.1 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: php8.1
Version: 8.1.27-1+0~20231221.58+debian12~1.gbp3895b2
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Debian PHP Maintainers
Installed-Size: 71
Depends: libapache2-mod-php8.1 | php8.1-fpm | php8.1-cgi, php8.1-common
Provides: php
Homepage: http://www.php.net/
Priority: optional
Section: php
Filename: pool/main/p/php8.1/php8.1_8.1.27-1+0~20231221.58+debian12~1.gbp3895b2_all.deb
Size: 37412
SHA256: a1874876b1b47eba904ac870bfbe1c96ed318aad57d26f7619ef97aec15ba028
SHA1: 0b15c79ddffc0e58b5246a75a18d090f317f2908
MD5sum: 130b263d998757ab86254105970f8a34
Description: server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage)
This package is a metapackage that, when installed, guarantees that you
have at least one of the four server-side versions of the PHP interpreter
installed. Removing this package won't remove PHP from your system, however
it may remove other packages that depend on this one.
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PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used
open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited
for web development and can be embedded into HTML.
Description-md5: 86488d7a405bdcbac9ece7c307f30abb